The plaza, Oraibi, showing the ladders descending to underground chambers called Kivas, where all the sacred and secret ceremonies of the Hopi take place

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  Kiva (Underground ceremonial chamber). Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

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  Group of Hopi Indians. Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona

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